Medication Strategies for Treating Aggressive Behavior in Youth With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study will assess whether adding a mood stabilizer, divalproex sodium, to stimulant treatment is more effective than stimulant treatment alone in reducing aggressive behavior among children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Stony Brook University
• Collaborator: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• Treatments: Amphetamine; Dextroamphetamine; Methylphenidate; Valproic Acid

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of ADHD

• Diagnosis of opposition defiant disorder or conduct disorder

• Score that exceeds the study threshhold on the standardized scale of aggressive behavior

Exclusion Criteria:

• Current psychosis

• Current major depression

• Current pervasive developmental disorder

• Current obsessive compulsive disorder

• Any other anxiety disorder as primary diagnosis

• Mental retardation